Illegal Dumping Restaurant.
I live down the block from this restaurant. The food is nothing to write home about. But I would like to share with Yelp one of this restaurants nasty little habits.
Whenever they feel like it, they roll out a large container (55 gallon drum sized) of water containing fish guts or fish waste products.
Rather than walk this container the extra 50 feet to the sewer, they just unceremoniously dump it in the middle of the alley. It runs northward and depending on the volume of water, it usually makes it all the way to Granville.
The stench is unbearable. My sympathies to my neighbors at that end of the block who have to put up with this. It is one of the most disgusting smells I've ever smelled.
I love chinese take out. It just has to be greasy and salty to make me happy. With that said, this place is pretty disappointing.
Food is bland and dry. Found random pieces of bone/weird stuff in my chicken fried rice.
It was my first time ordering from there and I think I'm going to look elsewhere.
I miss Eat First.
Am I eating the same food that these other reviewers are having? Because my experience was far different. My boyfriend and I ordered a lot of food late at night, hoping to have yummy leftovers for a few days. Â Here's what happened:
Delivery: Took forever- well over an hour
Crab Rangoon: Good filling, too much dough and too greasy, even for fried food
Egg rolls: Literally the worst I have ever had. Â Tasted weirdly peanuty, and the "meat" inside was cat-foody and like, pureed. Â Very very gross.
House fried rice: Fine. Â Kinda bland, but fine.
Mongolian beef: Veggies were poorly cleaned/cut (but i did appreciate that they existed), meat was of very poor quality, and the sauce was goopy and overly sweet.
Kung Pao Chicken: Too too sweet, once again veggies were cut very poorly (like, 2 inch hunks of celery), and it was wayyyyy too greasy.
Fortune Cookies: There were none. Rude.
Needless to say, I won't be gracing China Dragon with my business anytime soon, or ever.
This is the only place I ever order Chinese from.
I always get the Szechuan tofu, which was reliably amazing at every Chinese restaurant up and down the East coast when I lived there, but has been nasty all over Chicago, except at this place.
Also, a huge hot & sour soup for $1.75?, yes please.
I've also tried their veggie lo mein (cheap & good) and my meat loving dude hasn't complained about the chicken.
We've ordered delivery from here twice now. The delivery time is fantastic, our food has been here in about 30 minutes. The portions are good sized and there's a wide selection on the menu. I've gotten the sesame chicken both times and its very good. The only thing is, they don't really spice the sauce. I'm used to a little kick in my sesame sauce so I feel like the sauce it a little bland. But I still enjoy the dish and my husband really liked his kung pao beef. Sometimes you just need some quick chinese food delivery and this is your place!
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The portions are HUGE...
The Delivery is quick...
The Food is not good, and getting worse... Â
Chicken chewy soggy dry, I know how is that possible, the breading is soggy the meat is dry, it all adds up to chewy...
The only difference between sesame Chicken and General Cho's seems to be the sesame seeds on the outside and the carton it comes in, same goes for the orange chicken it all pretty much tastes the same its sad...
The Wonton Soup is maybe the worst I have ever had, It used to be ok, but now its bad...
The crab rangoon is good, but hey you need more then one good item on the menu...
If you are drunk, and you want lots of food cheap and delivered fast go for it, but if you are sober, look elsewhere...
Trust me...
I debated hard on 2 stars, but because of quick delivery and huge quantities and a good attitude on the phone and in person I gave it a very trembly 3 stars...
I have yet to try Chinese food in Evanston until China Dragon. They have some unique choices, but it ultimate comes down to traditional chinese food as most people know it. It was good, they delivered pretty fast (better than their 35 minute estimate), and I have no complaints.
They do have a cool menu though, lots of things that are not just "chinese only", Orange Tofu being one of those that is good!
Now that I have moved out of the delivery zone of some of my favorite Chinese takeout places, I've been in dire straights to find a new, worthy, place.
Enter China Dragon. Â Their menu was casually placed on the handle of the outside door of my building. Â I took a peek at their offerings and I was impressed with the range of their dishes. Â China Dragon offers more than the typical fried rice and sweet and sour dishes.
Also, I'm a visual person. Â I like pictures. Â I especially like pictures of food when I'm not familiar with what I'm ordering. Â China Dragon provides pictures of some of their specialty dishes. Â Nice.
Twice now I've ordered their chicken chow mei fun because it so fricking delicious. Â The chunks of chicken are numerous and huge. Â Plus, the serving size is enough to feed me for three meals.
I'm also a fan of their beef fried rice. Â Again, chunks of beef are plentiful and tasty, even for the small size. Â I will say I am not a fan of their egg rolls. Â The ones I've had tasted more earthy than say, peanutty. Â I won't order them again.
The last time I ordered, I somehow received an order of free crab rangoon. Â I even double checked my bill to make sure I didn't reach the "free crab rangoon" threshold, and I didn't. Â I must also mention their service. Â The person on the phone who took my order could not have been more pleasant. Â
I liked this place so much I entered them into my cell phone.
After 4 days of much drinking, and little sleep or food, I was winding down and needed Chinese, fast and in abundance. Lately when ordering Chinese food I look over tons of menus, read the reviews and deliberate forever ultimately being disappointed with my decision. This was not on of those nights. I wanted it NOW. I scrolled through grubhub and noticed China Dragon, remembering eating here once when I first moved to the city. I called, and bam 20 minutes later they delivered, and let me just say China Dragon Delivered.
8, count em 8 perfectly crispy and cheesy crab rangoons
A quart of wonton soup with over a dozen thick tasty wontons
A massive container overflowing with lo mein deliciousness
And what is this? 2 free eggrolls, no coupon or anything, just a little surprise from China Dragon to me
Total price under $20! I literally ate for 3 days from this order. I can't wait to explore the rest of the menu, though those crab rangoon will be on my ticket every single time.
I don't do much Chinese takeout, but sometimes I can't take anymore salad and sandwiches for lunch. Â I may not be the expert on Chinese takeout, you should read Brandon H, the King of Kung Pao's reviews. I chose the Chinese-American dish of General Tso's chicken lunch special. Â It's kinda funny how the descendents of General Tso and the General himself have never heard of this dish. Â The dish is not served in the capital of Hunan where the General is from. Â Supposedly, chef Peng from Taiwan created this dish in NYC.
The General Tso's chicken was on the sweet side and lacked a bit of heat to it. Â But, why am I giving it 4 stars? Â #1 They have a Bruce Lee poster when you walk through the front. Â #2 They put some effort and flavor into the fried rice. #3 Price and portions are awesome for $5 which includes egg roll or wonton soup. Â #4 This China Dragon will slaughter Panda Express any day and use it for tomorrow's special.
I would rate this a three star joint, but the fact that they print your entire credit card number on the receipt is worthy of taking away a star.
On the plus side: Â very quick delivery, accurately filled order, coupons for two free egg rolls if you spend $15.00, they have vegetarian egg rolls.
On the minus side: our veggie lo mein and veggie fried rice were very greasy, the egg rolls were flavorless and the lo mein and fried rice were quite bland as well, they did not include packets of hot mustard (we did not specifically request, but it seems like a standard thing to include.. especially if they are giving us soy and sweet sour packets). Â
I'm in no hurry to order from here again, but if someone else suggested it, I would be open. Â I would try some other veggie options in hopes that they make something that actually had flavor.
Fast delivery, good food, nice service, what more can a girl ask for?
I always get the Shrimp with Broccoli (4.75sm, 8.25L), The eggrolls YUM (2.00/2) the combination Lo Mein (4.00 SM), and Egg Drop Soup (1.50 Pint)
I've also tried the Shrimp toast, and didn't like it much. Too fishy for me.
The food is a little too greasy for my taste, but the flavors are delicious!
UPDATE: This place has been moved up to 5 stars because of the consistently GREAT service!!
I HEART China Dragon!
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